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Chinese government are apparently strongly clamping down on foreign investment, something that has left me wondering how seriously it's going to affect Xia's ownership of us, and the plans he had for the club and beyond. Wouldn't be surprised if it's not long before the club is up for sale again.

So I assume you also expect Wolves, West Brom, Birmingham, Inter Milan, Ac Milan, Southampton and Reading to be put up for sale soon aswell? Or will the government clamp down only effect good old Villa?

I think it is a valid concern as China is a country trying to come to terms with itself but ultimately China will do what is best for itself with no regard for individuals.

Chinese government are apparently strongly clamping down on foreign investment, something that has left me wondering how seriously it's going to affect Xia's ownership of us, and the plans he had for the club and beyond. Wouldn't be surprised if it's not long before the club is up for sale again.

So I assume you also expect Wolves, West Brom, Birmingham, Inter Milan, Ac Milan, Southampton and Reading to be put up for sale soon aswell? Or will the government clamp down only effect good old Villa?

It wouldn't surprise me to see some of those sides being put up for sale no, I think it depends on whether the various owners have the means of generating funds outside of China, as it seems from now on, or at least for the time being, it's going to be harder to move money out of that country. I was also thinking of Xia's health as well to be honest.

But to be fair since I posted that Xia has said that the deal to purchase Millenium Films is still going ahead just through another company he's created not publicly listed, so maybe he is able to generate the funds outside of China.

Well if they've purchased the land already, you'd think they'll have to do something with it. Will be good news for our academy players if they inherit Bodymoor, as it would mean our youth system having better facilities than most first teams in the country. And presuming that the new training complex, will be even better, then it's good news for the first team as well.

I mean, now I've started this thought process, a short extended rail line from somewhere like Lea Marston to a station at BMH is feasible. I assume no local station on the HS2 line at BMH as that's not what HS2 is about. How much would he get for VP with planning permission for a shopping mall?Wish I hadn't thought these thoughts now!

Yeah this could be massive tbh. If you look at the likes of Barcelona, Lyon, Man City etc they have academies with their own facilities and identity. And I think this is the way to go for us. And on reflection, when you add this to Xia's plans to expand VP and buy satellite clubs, it really does look like our dreams could be realised if/when we manage to get back up to the big time. Because when you look around, none of the other teams who got taken over recently, i.e Wolves, Albion, Southampton, Leeds, Forest, The noses etc, have plans like this in place.

@AstonThriller wrote:Yeah this could be massive tbh. If you look at the likes of Barcelona, Lyon, Man City etc they have academies with their own facilities and identity. And I think this is the way to go for us. And on reflection, when you add this to Xia's plans to expand VP and buy satellite clubs, it really does look like our dreams could be realised if/when we manage to get back up to the big time. Because when you look around, none of the other teams who got taken over recently, i.e Wolves, Albion, Southampton, Leeds, Forest, The noses etc, have plans like this in place.

@AstonThriller wrote:Yeah this could be massive tbh. If you look at the likes of Barcelona, Lyon, Man City etc they have academies with their own facilities and identity. And I think this is the way to go for us. And on reflection, when you add this to Xia's plans to expand VP and buy satellite clubs, it really does look like our dreams could be realised if/when we manage to get back up to the big time. Because when you look around, none of the other teams who got taken over recently, i.e Wolves, Albion, Southampton, Leeds, Forest, The noses etc, have plans like this in place.

Apparently there's a route map you can look at and it only affects a corner of Bodymoor, which accounts for about ten percent; still a lot though I suppose, and there's the noise to take into consideration. The club are apparently trying to get compensation.

@deadbuzzardalive wrote:Apparently there's a route map you can look at and it only affects a corner of Bodymoor, which accounts for about ten percent; still a lot though I suppose, and there's the noise to take into consideration. The club are apparently trying to get compensation.

They WILL get compensation as I remember reading a few articles HERE and HERE about the club being in talks regarding compo.

And around this time of reading it, I actually emailed the club and suggested we turn Bodymore into an academy facility and build a new training ground. So it's brilliant to hear that they might be doing just that. Tony is big on youth as we all know so giving the youngsters their own "La Masia" is a brilliant step forward for the club.

@AstonThriller wrote:Yeah this could be massive tbh. If you look at the likes of Barcelona, Lyon, Man City etc they have academies with their own facilities and identity. And I think this is the way to go for us. And on reflection, when you add this to Xia's plans to expand VP and buy satellite clubs, it really does look like our dreams could be realised if/when we manage to get back up to the big time. Because when you look around, none of the other teams who got taken over recently, i.e Wolves, Albion, Southampton, Leeds, Forest, The noses etc, have plans like this in place.

I'd like to see some of these plans in concrete form, it's all gone a bit quiet of late. Even the Recon website hasn't updated since July, previous to that there was a new news story on it pretty much every week, their Weibo only posts Villa related news as well now.

In addition to the above, he's also posted his personal schedule from the 16th of this month to the 28th, on his Weibo account, some interesting stuff on there to be honest... looks like he's planning on a few acquisitions and looking to develop Aston, amongst a bunch of other things... here

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If only a few of Xia's plans come to fruition, it tells me that he's preparing the club for when we get back to the top flight. A much better option than "Shit, we're in the Premier League...now what?".

As such, I suspect that it will be up to the manager to match his off-pitch efforts and if he doesn't, then it'll be curtains.

Significant if true. BMH went through a massive upgrade just after lerner took over so can't imagine its in dire need of an upgrade. So if there are funds for this who knows what funds are available for other projects.

A slight aside I think Xia is ballsy enough to build a whole new stadium away from VP. If he does have big plans for us a move away from b6 wouldn't be off the agenda IMO.